Communion service



Och 21', 1930. J. H. DAVIS V 3 5 COMMUNION SERVIdE Filed Dec. 23; 1927 Inventor Jamesflfiazu's By Q Attorney i so I spect to the discharge conduits. In positionproper position for the conduitstobe dis- Pat nted ct21f1930 c JAMEsrIQnAvis, or BIRMINGHAM, ALABAM communion SERVICE Applicati o nfiled December. 23, 19a, Serial 24,52,133.

invention relates" to filling apparatus,

and hasfor its 'objectthe provision of apparatusof the character designated by'means of which a plurality of liquidfcontainers may befexpeditiously and simultaneously filled. A more particular object of my invention is to provide, in association with a service tray having means iorholding a plurality of similarly placed groups of communion 7 10 cups in predetermined position and a filling ed to discharge into half the cups onthe tray. In order to fill the other half of the cups, it is necessary to turn the tray through an angle of 180, or half around, to bring the other half of the cups into properp'osition with reing the tray with respect to the conduits, it must either be done by guess work, or a datum line must be markedon the tray and its'support to indicate when the tray is in charged into the cups; With either method, the results are sometimes unsatisfactory and the wine is spilled to one side of the cups instead of emptied into the'cups. In order to overcome these difficulties l provide a ro- Y tatable support for the tray and upon whichthe tray has a definite position. Means are "provided for limitingrotation of the support 4 to an angle of 180 and when thesupport is at either limit of its frotation,'ha'lf the cups on the tray are in position to be filled from the discharge conduits. I Apparatus embodying featuresof my invention is illustrated in the accompanying In order to avoid filling the cups one at a I sitioned with respect to the trough, are adaptdrawing, forming-a partof this application, Y wherein j i p I i .Fig; 1 is a plan viewof the device, and

- Fig. 2 is a sectional view'takenalong the linell- II- ofFiguLj '-Referring now to the drawing forabetter 1 v understanding of my invention, I show "a tray'having an upper portionlOanda'lower' I portion 11 with ajplurality of posts .12 sep 'ar'ati-n-g the two portions. The upper fp'or tion10is' provided with a pluralitycof series of spaced, concentrioopenings 13 to h old' the ciupstobe' filled an'dja' single series Of;

openings 14, larger inkdiameter than the openings-13, andadapted toreceive the cups after" they are emptied. It will be seen;

with such an arrangement, the'groupof cups 1 on one side'of a-diamet'ral line of thejtray are similarly arrangedto the group ofc'ups on the opposite side'thereof. It will fur l thermore be appreciated, from a further reading-of this application, that the arrange} .ment of'the' cups may be idely' varied so long as they are 'in a plurality of similar groups? In order to expeditiously fill the cupsfthere 'is' provided 1a filling devicecom- 1 prising a trough 16pivoted atj 17- andprm vided with aplurality ofdischarge-conduitsi 18, soarranged that "whenthe tray T10-fis properly positioned and the trough 16 tilted, the conduits 18 'empty i'nto the cups.

Inorderto bring' aboutthepro -fp s tio'ning of the tray, automatics';tlly ,'*I'support the pivoted connectionfl from ,a' pair, ot; arms" 19'Inountedfon' a base '21; Also'mounted on the-base'21 is aturn-table 22 provided with an axle 2 3 jou'rnalle'd'in the'ba'sei21 and sired, a suitable nufnb'er ofiroller'bearings having a central depression f24 to receivethe lower-portion ll of 'the tray 'lOfjlf de-Q 25 may be provided betweenfthe base '21 and V in turntable-22; The lowerportion 1110f the tray-is provided with two diametrically up w posed holes 26 and 27, 'into which dia'mtri cally opposed pins 28and 29 'fit," th'efpins' -28 and 29 'beingcarrie'd by -th'e turn table 22 and".

serving to establish apredeterininedrelative= V position of the travto the-turntable I when-fillingt'he cups)", 21 "Provided";"on theunderside of thefiturnw as are lmppsed by the,pr1 or art-or asare sp'eci fically set forth in! theappended claims.

ongonej side otthef tray when said tray is: bnought into proper 1 relative-position there tof,-a pairot stop pins-mountedin the base, 1 and .a;;.pin mounted at the underside of the table 22 is an annular groove 31 and carried by the turn-table 22 is a pin 32 projecting into the groove. Projecting upwardly into the groove 31 from'the base 21 and in the path of rotation of the pin 32, are two stop pins 33 and 34. Thepins 33 and3 t are arl ranged on opposite sides ofthe base. 21 and a, sufliciently to'oneside of adiametral line through the base that when engaged by the pin 32 the arc'of-rotation ofthe turn-table 22 is limited to 180.-

From the foregoing description, the operation of my improved device willbeKappa'r entL- The communionrcups are first placed.

in the openings 13 and the tray 105s placed on the turn-table 22=vvith the pins- 28 and29 extending through the holes 26 and 27; The turn-table -22 isthen rotated until the-pin 32 is. flgfllIlSiBi either the stop pin 33- I orthe stop pin 34, when the tray 10 is inflposition for the discharge-conduits- '18 to empty into the cups on halfthe tray'.; When the cupslon that side haverbeen filled', the tray isrotated in'an oppositedirection until the pin 32 en therharacter described whereby thecups-of i a communion service may be -expeditiously I filled and whereby-thegroups of Soups maybe u-readi-lvpositionedutor" filling.

While I haveshown my inventionin but one-form, it will be obvious to those skilled in: the artthat it-is not so limited,,but is sus oeptible of: various changesand-modifications, without ideparting from; the" spirit on opposite sides 1' of a center-line theremeans for mounting the tray on thesupport through, a rotatable support for the tray, i

and in a predetermined relationthereto, a

in the :baseean-d a-pi-n'mounted at theunderside of the rotatable support and positioned to engage the stop pins and limit the are of rotation of the rotatable support whereby fwhen engaged'the conduits are in'proper relative position to discharge intorthe cups,

said stop pins .being arranged on opposite. sides of the base and sufficiently, to one side of a diametral line. therethrough to. limit the are of rotation of theturntableitoYISOS.

Intestimony whereof I, JAMEs H; DAvIs, aifiX my signature. i I. JAMES HuDAV IS;

thereof, and I desire, therefore, :thatonly i such limitations; shall be placed thereupon What I; claim is -1.- Inacommunion service, the combination of a tray having afplurality; of openings for: cups to bezfilled, and similarly arrangedonf opposite sides of, az cent'er line'therethrough,

ilwlfQtfltflblQ supportfor the tray, means-for mountingthe trays onthe support andin a predetermined relation thereto,a base for therotatable support,-,afilling devicecarried by. the Joase and haviriga plurality of conduits adapted tozdischarge into the cups -to;be filled, V

rotatable support and; positionedktol engage I positionztol.dischargeinto the cups 2. In alicommufnion; service, tllGwCOIHbll'ltlw 1 tionof atray having a'plaralityefopenings for-cups ;to she filledtand simi arly arranged 

